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Sandis Vaškevicš
Sandis is a Latvian masculine given name which may refer to: *Sandis Buškevics (born 1977), Latvian basketball player *Sandis Ģirģens (born 1980), Latvian politician *Sandis Ozoliņš (born 1972), Latvian hockey player, formerly in the National Hockey League *Sandis Prūsis (born 1965), Latvian bobsledder *Sandis Smons (born 1999), Latvian ice hockey player *Sandis Valters (born 1978), Latvian basketball player See also *Sandys (surname) *Sandi (other) Sandi may refer to: People *Sandi (given name), a list of people and a fictional character *Sandi, better known as Szandi, Hungarian singer Alexandra Pintácsi (born 1976) *Sandi (surname), a list of people Places *Sandi, Uttar Pradesh, town in Ha ... References {{given name Latvian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs
Aleksandrs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Alexander and may refer to: * Aleksandrs Ābrams (1904-????), Latvian football forward * Aleksandrs Beļavskis (born 1964) Latvian ice hockey player and team captain * Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950), Latvian poet and writer *Aleksandrs Cauņa Aleksandrs Cauņa (; born 19 January 1988) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club Born in Daugavpils, at youth level Cauņa played for Dinaburg, being brought to Skonto Riga system at the age of 14 ... (born 1988), Latvian football player * Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (born 1985), Latvian footballer * Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs (born 1969), Latvian footballer * Aleksandrs Fertovs (born 1987), Latvian footballer * Aleksandrs Glazovs (born 1970), Latvian football midfielder * Aleksandrs Golubovs (1959–2010), Latvian politician * Aleksandrs Isakovs (born 1973), Latvian football defender * Aleksandrs Jackēvičs (born 1958), Latvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian (, ), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, spoke Latvian in the 2000s, before the total number of inhabitants of Latvia slipped to 1.8 million in 2022. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population used it as their primary language at home, though excluding the Latgale Planning Region, Latgale and Riga Planning Region, Riga regions it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic languages, Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian language, Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Buškevics
Sandis Buškevics (born 28 January 1977 in Ventspils, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for BC Telšiai of the Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga (NKL). Buškevics was also a member of the Latvia national basketball team. Coaching career In January 2018, Buškevics became the head coach of BK Jēkabpils. On 11 December 2021, he became the interim head coach of BC Neptūnas, Neptūnas Klaipėda after Tomas Gaidamavičius resigned due to poor results in the 2021–22 season.https://lkl.lt/straipsniai/5588/neptunas-atsisveikino-su-t-gaidamaviciumi References 1977 births Living people ASK Riga players BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Lietkabelis coaches BC Rytas players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Ģirģens
Sandis Ģirģens (born 11 May 1980) is a Latvian politician. From 23 January 2019 to 3 June 2021, he served as Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ... in the Kariņš cabinet. References 1980 births Living people People from Varakļāni Municipality Who Owns the State? politicians Republic (Latvia) politicians Ministers of the interior of Latvia 21st-century Latvian politicians {{Latvia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Ozoliņš
Sandis Ozoliņš (born 3 August 1972), commonly spelled Sandis Ozolinsh in North America, is a Latvian former professional ice hockey player and coach. During his career in North America, Ozoliņš was a seven-time NHL All-Star, Stanley Cup champion (as a member of the 1995–96 Colorado Avalanche), and James Norris Memorial Trophy finalist. He is also the all-time leader for goals, assists, points, and games played by a Latvian in the NHL and holds several Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks franchise records. Ozoliņš was also the highest-paid sportsman in Latvian history, before NBA basketball player Andris Biedriņš succeeded him in 2008. He briefly became the head coach of Dinamo Riga in 2017. Ozoliņš was drafted in the 1991 NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks as the 8th pick of the second round, 30th overall. He played for the Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New York Rangers. He is often consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Prūsis
Sandis Prūsis (born 24 October 1965, in Ventspils) is a Latvian bobsleigh coach and former bobsledder. Starting his career in the 1980s, he competed professionally from 1990 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish in the two-man event at Nagano in 1998, he got fifth place. Prūsis's best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second two times, all in the four-man event (2000-1, 2002-3). Professional career Sandis Prūsis started to compete in the 1980s. In his first Winter Olympic Games in 1992 he was a originally a reservist, but took part in the games due to Jānis Ķipurs' injury, delivering a surprise by managing to overtake the team of his compatriot Zintis Ekmanis. In 1998 he was 5th in two-man competition and 6th in four-man competition in the Winter Olympic Games at Nagano. In 1998 he came 3rd in the World Cup in two-man competition and combined competition. In the World Cups of 2000 and in 2003 Sandis Prūsis won the silver medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Smons
Sandis Smons (born 19 May 1999) is a Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL). He plays in Switzerland with a Swiss player-license. Playing career Smons made his professional debut with the Ticino Rockets of the Swiss League (SL) during the 2018–19 season, appearing in 2 games this season. On 18 August 2019, Smons signed his first professional contract with Genève-Servette HC for the 2019/20 season. He was immediately loaned to HC Sierre of the SL to begin the 2019–20 season and was called up on September 23, 2019, by Genève-Servette to replace injured Henrik Tömmernes. International play Smons made his debut with Latvia men's national team in 2020. Personal life Smons moved to Geneva, Switzerland at age 15 to play his junior hockey with Genève-Servette which allows him to play in the National league and in the Swiss League The Swiss League, also known as the Sky Swiss League for spons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandis Valters
Sandis Valters (born 31 August 1978) is a retired professional basketball shooting guard, who last played for BK Ventspils. He is member of Latvia national basketball team. His father is a former Soviet basketball star, Valdis Valters, and his younger brother, Kristaps Valters, also plays professional basketball. Professional career He first played professionally in 1994, for BK Brocēni, where he won his first five Latvian league titles. In 2001, after Brocēni ceased to exist and Valters moved to their successor BK Skonto, spending the next two seasons. In 2003, Valters signed with Germany's team TBB Trier. For the following season he joined DJK Würzburg, another team from Basketball Bundesliga, however, during the season he moved to Ukraine to play for BC Azovmash. For the 2005–06 season Valters had offers from Greece, Israel and Russia, but instead opted for a return to Riga, signing a contract with then up-and-coming team ASK Rīga. Valters also served as the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandys (surname)
Sandys is a surname of Old English origin. It is an older spelling of Sands, and is now usually pronounced as such. People with the surname include: * Charles Sandys (1786–1859), English antiquarian * Duncan Sandys (1908–1987), British politician * Edwin Sandys (other) * Edwina Sandys (born 1938), British artist * Elspeth Sandys (born 1940), New Zealand author * Emma Sandys (1843–1877), English painter * Frederick Sandys (1829–1904), British painter, illustrator and draughtsman * George Sandys (1577–1644), English traveller, colonist, poet and translator * George Sandys (politician) (1875–1937), British diplomat and politician * Henry Sandys (MP) (c. 1607–1640), English politician * Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys (died 1644), English nobleman and Cavalier officer * John Sandys (classicist) (1844–1922), British classical scholar * John Sandys (priest) (c. 1550–1586), Roman Catholic priest and martyr * John Sandys (MP), late 14th-century Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandi (other)
Sandi may refer to: People *Sandi (given name), a list of people and a fictional character *Sandi, better known as Szandi, Hungarian singer Alexandra Pintácsi (born 1976) *Sandi (surname), a list of people Places *Sandi, Uttar Pradesh, town in Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh, India *Sandi, Raebareli, a village in Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India * Sandi, Jharkhand, village in Chitarpur, Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India *Sandi, Estonia, village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia *Nickname of San Diego, California, United States See also *Sandy (other) *Sandie (other) *Sandhi Sandhi ( ; , ) is any of a wide variety of sound changes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries. Examples include fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of one sound depending on nearby sounds or the grammatical function o ... * Sandis {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Masculine Given Names
Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvian culture **Latvian horse *Latvian Gambit, an opening in chess See also *Latvia (other) Latvia is a country in Europe. Latvia can also refer to: * Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990) * Latvia (European Parliament constituency) * 1284 Latvia - asteroid * Latvia Peak - mountain in Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
